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HRD-93-23R 1 (1993-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States (I~\Q General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division 149310 B-250866 June 2, 1993 The Honorable John L. Mica House of Representatives Dear Mr. Mica: This is in response to the list of questions you gave us at our April 1, 1993, meeting. These questions bear on our March 1993 report on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) east central Florida site selection.' This letter also responds to comments on our report by the Orange County Veterans Council, Inc., and discusses the potential effects of both national health care financing reform and the proposed closure of the Orlando Naval Hospital on the need to construct a VA medical center in east central Florida at this time.2 Our detailed responses are contained in appendixes I and II. BACKGROUND On March 1, 1993, we reported that the former Secretary's March 1992 selection of the Crowntree Lakes site in Orange County was not justified, and would likely increase the government's total costs for constructing and operating new medical facilities in east central Florida. We noted that the support cited for the former Secretary's decision was inadequate because it (1) provided an incomplete analysis of each site's accessibility for veterans who would use the medical center, and (2) downplayed the benefits of a joint venture with the Air Force at North Viera. We recommended that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs reconsider the former Secretary's March 1992 selection of the Crowntree Lakes site. The Secretary announced on March 4, 1993, that he had changed VA's selection to the North Viera 'VA Health Care: Selection of a Planned Medical Center in East Central Florida (GAO/HRD-93-77, March 1, 1993). 20n April 8, 1993, Representative Mica's office sent the comments of the Orange County Veterans Council, Inc., to GAO, and requested a response. GAO/HRD-93-23R East Central Florida VA Medical Center C~'~ iAffL~iQ

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